Came here to post this - you beat me to it. Looks like it's coming in a few months. As far as I can tell they've reformulated it slightly to account for modern raw materials and it might be even less grainy again.

Makes me wonder if I should sell some (or most) of mine while the price is high.

That's a consideration, but there is no guarantee than the new one will be better than the old one. It could be like "New Coke" for all we know at this point. I am not saying that it will be, by any means, but we just don't know.

Sometimes, when a formula is changed due to, necessary ingredients "not being available any longer", the truth isn't that they don't exist any longer, but that there have been regulations put in place which forbid their use.. More often than not the substitute ingredients used in the new formulations are less good than the outlawed ones were. Think water based paints for cars, and lead free solder for audio electronics.

I have no idea if that is the case here, and suspect that ACROS II will be a really nice film. I just personally would not be getting rid of my ACROS until we know if we like the new one better. With any luck, we will, and kudos to Fuji for doing this.
My problem is that I have so much ACROS frozen I'm not sure I will live long enough to try the new one. One of my nicer problems.

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That's a consideration, but there is no guarantee than the new one will be better than the old one. It could be like "New Coke" for all we know at this point. I am not saying that it will be, by any means, but we just don't know.

Good points, definately. I recall some changes made to Provia slide film over the years, and they were all improvements and eventually led me to be a Provia-only shooter for many years. Still a favorite of mine.

I never really bonded with Acros though, finding Delta 100 to work much better with my particular darkroom and scanning abilities. I bought entirely too much and I'd probably be doing the community a service if I sell some here in the classifieds. Better you guys use it than I hoard it unloved in my freezer!

I've only used Acros 100 once just before it was dropped. I hit development, exposure 100% on my first and only try. Besides that I like the results: tonality, shadow detail, contrast. So I will be buying some when it hits the market.

I enjoyed it in all types of light, but it shined for me in open shade:

I just hope that it has similar spectral sensitivity and tonality and the same reciprocity characteristics, and is available again in all formats. The problem with losing films that is rarely discussed is that with each discontinuation the options for tone shrink. When Plus-X was discontinued most users seemed to switch to FP4+, even though TMY-II is closer tonally. It was worse with Acros because it was the only B&W film that really worked well for very long exposures. At 10s+ exposure, it was by far the fastest sheet film on the market.

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